i've always been a firm believer that love doesn't just happen, that it has to be pursued and nurtured.
so then, love at first sight? nope. definitely not, if it's the romantic love that we're talking about. you can fall in love with a baby the first time you see it drooling on the parent's shoulder, but you don't fall in love the first time you set your eyes on the girl across the street. you can fall in love with a dress or a shirt the first time you see it displayed behind a glass window, but you don't fall in love with a guy the first time you see him walking into a roomful of people at a party. what happens in the latter is called an attraction. you become attracted to another person when you see him, or her. you realize that somehow, given time, there exists a possibility of you falling in love with that person. And if you pursue the so called attraction, it will eventually turn into the romantic feeling known as love.
now where is all this going? i have no idea. God knows i've been attracted to enough males to last me a lifetime (hmm... i thought most people just need one *grin*). i do know better of course that to put on a hot pursuit or to hope that the attraction is mutual. most of them just went through what i call the crush cycle. most of the rest disappeared just as soon they appeared. i just suddenly feel that i need to reaffirm my stand in this whole attraction and love deal. there's just one in particular that seems to be really hard to fight off.